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Sep 29 2008

Bail out bill fails - and EVERYONE is to blame!

Published by BobO under politics Edit This

Alright already!  Enough with the blame game!  Pelosi and Barney Frank are blaming the Republicans and the Republicans are blaming Pelosi because of that idiotic speech just before the vote.  Well considering the vote went like this:

Affiliation Yeas Noes NV
Democrats 140 95 0
Republicans 65 133 1
Independents 0 0 0
TOTALS 205 228 1

There was almost 40% of the Democrats voting against this thing as well! So - there is no one to blame but themselves - ALL the politicians!

The BoBo has a link to the full text of the bill - go check it out.  There is a lot of crap in that bill that would effectively destroy our financial system if it was enacted.  I don’t know whether it was what Pelosi said, or if it was the politicians actually listening to the 60%+ of the population who said NO, or whether they just realized it was a bad bill - but - something needs to be done - and done the correct way!

I’m not for a bailout myself.  NO private business should EVER be bailed out by the government on taxpayer dollars - no matter how big they are!  I say, let the system fail.  Let’s reset the market and our economy and our government! But, the government is just as much to blame for this mess as are those idiot businesses for allowing the government to force idiotic laws on them.  I would rather have risked the growth of my business than take on debt that I knew couldn’t be paid back.  Anyone involved in those high-risk loans and the repackaging selling and buying of them are all idiots and deserve to fail!

So - you idiot politicians up there that voted for that pathetic bill - start over - work slowly - and get it right this time!  There is no rush.  Wallstreet is just ONE component of our entire economy. The real businesses and real employers - small businesses - will still survive and will still have employees out there working and moving the economy around.  Those big businesses account for a small portion of the entire workforce.  Those banks and mortgage companies that failed won’t hurt the one’s remaining that actually had sound policies.  Sure - credit will be tight - AS IT SHOULD BE - but those small businesses with sound business strategies and policies will still be able to get credit and loans for growth from the remaining banks.

Let the free-market and capitalism work like it’s supposed to.  Get the government out of the way and let our economy work the way it’s supposed to work - WITHOUT government interference!

Nuff said.

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Sep 28 2008

Obama had been asked by family not to wear that bracelet!

Published by BobO under politics Edit This

I’m sure by now, many on the left remember it quite fondly, those of us on the right remember it as “aw crap,” when John McCain, during Friday night’s debate, mentioned that he was wearing the bracelet of Cpl. Matthew Stanley - and his mother had asked him to make sure we win the war in Iraq and to make sure her son did not die in vain - Obama had his “I gotcha” moment when he revealed (although he stumbled in trying to remember the name) that he was wearing the bracelet of Sgt. Ryan David Jopek - and that HIS mother asked him to bring the troops home so that other parents would not have to suffer as she does.

 

Well - a big h/t to The Texas Pundit for finding this one posted at Gateway Pundit -

 

Family Told Obama NOT to Wear Soldier Son’s Bracelet…Where is the Media?

Barack Obama played the “me too” game during the Friday debates on September 26 after Senator John McCain mentioned that he was wearing a bracelet with the name of Cpl. Matthew Stanley, a resident of New Hampshire and a soldier that lost his life in Iraq in 2006. Obama said that he too had a bracelet. After fumbling and straining to remember the name, he revealed that his had the name of Sergeant Ryan David Jopek of Merrill, Wisconsin.

Shockingly, however, Madison resident Brian Jopek, the father of Ryan Jopek, the young soldier who tragically lost his life to a roadside bomb in 2006, recently said on a Wisconsin Public Radio show that his family had asked Barack Obama to stop wearing the bracelet with his son’s name on it. Yet Obama continues to do so despite the wishes of the family.

You know - that is just plain pathetic!  Not only are our politicians in D.C. playing games with our financial future - we have a Presidential candidate playing games with our honorable deceased troops - and taking advantage of a grieving family just to score points in a debate and on the campaign trail.  What a miserable waste of human flesh this guy has to be to do something as callous as that!  I have to ask that question too…Where is the media?  Apparently, it was as far back as March of 2008 that the family asked him to stop wearing the bracelet and to stop mentioning Jopek’s name during stump speeches.  Why isn’t the rest of the media reporting on this?  Oh…wait…nevermind…we already know the answer - because they’re in Obama’s back pocket!  They’re just as worthless as Obama for not bringing this to light.

But, I guess that wouldn’t matter either would it?  It seems that despite everything else that we’ve learned about Obama and his known ties to criminals, racists, marxists, and domestic terrorists, the loony left really don’t care because they want his form of socialism in this country.

pffftt!

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Sep 27 2008

There was a debate last night?

Published by BobO under politics Edit This

To say I was disappointed is an understatement.  That was no debate.  That was two politicians giving stump speeches.  I thought the purpose of a debate was to learn something new about the candidates.  All I got out of it was the same thing I already knew - Obama will continue to push a socialist agenda and McCain is strong on defense.

Neither candidate looked good as far as debates go.  Obama kept saying the same things over and over and McCain kept saying the same things over and over.  Lehrer tried his best to get them to debate one another - but - to no avail.  McCain continued to address his answers directly to Lehrer and, while Obama did make a couple attempts to look at McCain in his responses, he either played to the camera or directly to Lehrer.

It doesn’t surprise me at all that the lefties and the media say Obama won - we already know they favor Obama.  Obama could have failed miserably and they still would have said Obama won.  McCain, on the other hand, needed to be on his game and really be a step above Obama to be declared victorious.  Instead, he never really answered the questions posed to him.  There were a few times where Obama flat out lied regarding how we got in this economic mess - and - McCain didn’t even respond to it.  We all know that the CRA forced on private businesses caused this economic meltdown.  Yet, McCain allowed Obama to blame it on Bush and Bush only.  This mess started well before GWB ever became President.  It started when Carter forced private businesses to take high risk loans.  It continued when Clinton forced private businesses to take on even more high risk loans without proof of income or proof of ability to repay the loan.  It was furthered when Bush forced private businesses to take on more high risk loans without a 20% down payment.  But, McCain just let it pass.  This tells me that he agrees with Obama.

Obama appeared stronger on the economic side only because McCain wasn’t aggressive at all.  McCain was strong on defense and foreign policy as expected because of his experience.  It was a draw if anything.  One of the things going around right now regarding the debate is that McCain never once mentioned the middle-class.  I say, So what?  I’m middle class.  I don’t expect the government to do anything for me…and…neither should anyone else in this country.

Our government was not set up to take care of the people - regardless of what income level you fall in.  It was set up to give everyone the opportunity to prosper WITHOUT government interference.  Obama just wants to grow the government bigger and give more stuff away at our expense.  Benjamin Franklin warned that once the people learned they can vote themselves a portion of the treasury, democracy would be dead.  This is what Obama is proposing - and this is what the people want.  For those of you crying - “what’s in it for me” - you’re pathetic.

Remember what JFK said? “…my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you - ask what can you do for your country.”  Obama is no JFK - and - this debate proved it. McCain is no Ronald Reagan - and this debate proved that as well.

As for the debate?  One word - BORING!

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Sep 26 2008

McCain - Damned if he do, Damned if he don’t.

Published by BobO under politics Edit This

Okay, let’s see if I understand this correctly - earlier in the week that crook Reid calls on McCain to take a stance on the bail out bill.  McCain suspends his campaign, goes to Washington, sits in on a meeting last night, and after listening to all the debates, he makes one statement at the very end (that both Reid and Barney Frank say was inconsequential, non-constructive, and did not contribute in a substantial manner), and then somehow today, it’s McCain’s fault that the Dems couldn’t get a deal put together?

Let’s see if I understand this part also - The Democrats have a clear majority in both houses.  In the past two years they pushed through quite a few bills with absolutely no input or votes from Republicans - but - this time it’s the Republican’s fault there is no bill passed?

Tell me if I got this right as well - Reid, McCaskill, Schumer, and Frank are all stumping today saying that McCain is doing nothing more than presidential politicking and he’s obstructing the bail out bill.  Yet, Obama - a junior Senator with only 144 days of real experience in the Senate was made the Democrat spokesperson to the Whitehouse on the bill?  The guy is a lawyer.  He has no economic background at all.  Why would you make a junior senator with no economic knowledge or background be the lead on the most important economic bill in the United State’s history unless it was about politicking?  Isn’t something like this usually reserved only for the Most Senior Senators?  When was the last time you EVER heard of a junior senator being given this much responsibility - especially on matters he has no knowledge of?  Then, when that junior senator goes out and completely blows it (which they should have expected) somehow it’s McCain’s fault?  It seems to me that not only were they propping Obama up and playing politics with our economy, they were the ones doing the partisan presidential politicking today in their press meetings today.

Oh - and - one last thing - if this Democratic crafted bill is so good - why hasn’t Obama actually signed off and endorsed it?  After all, the bill provides $1.4 Billion to be paid to ACORN which just happens to be Obama’s former employer.  That doesn’t sound like special interest or political presidential politicking to me.

Also - just have to say - why are both Pelosi and Reid trying to position this as saying if a bill isn’t passed - it’s the fault of the Republicans?  Sure sounds like Presidential politics to me.  Is there any wonder why Congress only has a 9% approval rating?  Sure gotta hand it to those Democrats - they sure know how to play the blame game don’t they?  Well, I’m not falling for it.  I know the truth.  The truth is that the Democrats caused this problem and the general public is beginning to learn the truth as well.  If the Democrats don’t pass this bill - guess who will lose out?  Oh..no..it’s not going to be McCain and the Republicans - it will be Obama and the Democrats.  We all know they have a majority and could pass it if they wanted to.  Did I happen to mention that Obama looked like a real idiot last night?  I’m sorry - but - a junior senator with only 144 days of government experience is not even capable of being the President of the local Cub Scouts.

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Sep 24 2008

So, what does McCain think he’s going to accomplish in 2 days?

Published by BobO under politics Edit This

As we have all heard by now, McCain will be suspending his campaign tomorrow morning so that he can work on the economy and the issues that the Democrats and government caused.  I just have to ask myself, what’s the point?  Congress ends this year’s session on Friday.  So, they only have 2 days to finalize the bill.  Still - what does McCain think he can possibly do since he is not even part of that committee?

 

Secondly, as I watch the President’s speech right now - I have to ask myself - why the hell should I pay for this bailout?  The Democrats and Obama’s economic advisors caused this problem.  Chris Dodd and Barney Frank caused this problem.  Why are they allowed to be on the committee?  I say - let the damn financial sector fail.  Our government and wall street caused this problem.  The liberals with their damned forced lending policies (no documents, no income verification, no down payments, no employment verification) on to private businesses are at fault.  I didn’t cause this problem - so, why should I pay for it?

 

They’re all assholes.  I say, vote all of the incumbents out in November - if you agree - join that blogroll over there to the right…and pass it on.

 

I say - let the economy reset itself, and lets WE the people RESET our government!

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Sep 22 2008

Palin can attract audiences almost as big as Obama!

Published by BobO under politics Edit This

You know, leave it to conservative bloggers to bring you the real truth!  The mainstream media isn’t going to report this kind of stuff because they know it really hurts Obama.  Sarah Palin was in Central Florida this past weekend to give a speech at The Villages.  The Fire Marshall estimated the crowd at 60,000 in attendance!!  So far, the largest crowd that Obama has commanded here in the U.S. is 84,000 - and that was at the DNC!  This was an open invitation speech.  People came from all across Florida for this speech.  You know, that says something when the Republican VP pick can command an audience almost as large as the Democrat Presidential candidate.

But - did any of you hear about this in the main stream media (ABC, NBC, CBS, NYT, etc)?  Was it even reported on CNN or MSNBC?  Nope.  This is just further proof that the media is biased and they are in the tank for Obama. Rasmussen reports today that Obama has a 48% to McCain’s 47%  lead in the polls +/-2.  There are still 18% of the voters who remain undecided.  Additionally, we all know that 270 electoral votes are needed to get the Presidency.  Obama has a very narrow lead there with 259 - 247.  He still doesn’t win it there either!

So - if that flip-floppin friend of known criminals can’t seal the deal already, what does this say about him?  People are learning about him more and more every day.  The only one’s who can’t see it are those boneheads on the left wearing blinders that will vote for Obama just because he’s a Democrat.  They don’t really care that his economic plan calls for $1,000,000,000,000.00 in new spending as well as raise taxes during this economic turmoil.  They don’t really care that his convicted economic advisors are directly responsible for the failures of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.  They don’t care that he was personally responsible for providing $Millions of government subsidies to convicted slumlords while he was a state Senator, nor do they really care that he is the number 2 recipient of all donations from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  Is there no wonder he won’t call for an investigation of those institutions?

He ran on a platform of change during the primaries and has flip-flopped on EVERY single issue that he ran on now that he has been made the nominee.  Furthermore, he chose a 30 year veteran of D.C. as his Veep.  How is that change?  Those people on the left over there are running around with a burlap bag on their heads and cotton in their ears.  Because, dammit, he’s not a Republican and we really don’t care!  Even Bill Clinton is saying that Hillary never wanted to be Obama’s VP.  I thought the Clintons were supposed to be the champions of the left?  Wasn’t Billy Boy given the title of “The First Black President?” Even Biden himself said Hillary was the better choice!  Great confidence your boy exudes there!

Lastly, here’s a bit more information about Sarah Palin you aren’t going to be hearing anywhere in the mainstream media - While at the U.N. -

On Tuesday she will meet separately with (Henry) Kissinger, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and Afghan President Hamid Karzai. On Wednesday she is to meet jointly with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko. She then will meet separately with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.  She’ll also be sitting down with rock star and humanitarian activist, Bono.

Is there some reason they don’t want everyone to know that Palin is about to meet with some very influential world leaders?  Could this perhaps harm the perception that she has no foreign policy experience?  Gee, I don’t know - looks like you guys on the left could use some pepto-bismol or alka seltzer about now! You’re not looking so good! :D

McCain Palin For U.S.

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Sep 20 2008

Racist Democrats will cost Obama the election!

Published by BobO under politics Edit This

Aah - finally - someone from the liberal media and liberal University system decides to point out who the real racists are!  I’ve been getting really sick and tired of these libs calling all conservatives and republicans racists.  Forget the fact that it was their party that actually established the KKK.  Forget that fact that it was their party that actually tried to prevent the Civil Rights Act of 1964 from passing (Robert “KKK” Byrd).  Forget the fact that they have had other members of the KKK including three Grand Wizards as senators and congressmen in their party - but - somehow - we Republicans and Conservatives have been labeled racists.  The party of Lincoln who freed the slaves.  The party who actually wrote the CRA back in 1896 that the Democrats shot down then.  Yes - look it up - the CRA of 1964 is just the revisited CRA of 1896 that failed…almost word for word - and it was the Republicans who re-introduced it in 1963 - not the Democrats.

Anyway - a Stanford University study found that 1/3 of all Democratic voters are racist and will not vote for Obama because he is black.  When asked the same questions of the Republicans - the reason they are not voting for Obama is because he’s a Democrat - not because he’s black.  Don’t believe me?  Here’s the link - Racial Views May Cost Obama Election.

Now - could you guys please fess up - rather than try to label us as the racists - just remember - when you point the finger at us - you’re pointing three back at yourself.   In every election that I can remember - the only party that ever uses the race card are the Democrats.  If you can prove otherwise - link to it in the comments please.

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Sep 19 2008

Looks like Obama’s losing the Black vote now too!

Published by BobO under politics Edit This

If he wasn’t sweatin’ it before - he’s sweatin’ it now!  I’m sure most of you may have heard that during his speech today at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida - there were some protestors who stood up and interrupted his speech.  Okay - nothing unusual right?  WRONG!  It was a group comprised entirely of black people carrying some pretty damning signs.

Check out these pictures!

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These are all thumbnails so you’ll have to click on them to enlargen them - check out what is on those signs!  Blacks Against Obama, Jessie Jackson Hates Obama, Obama endorsed by the KKK, etc.  You’ll  have to see them to believe them.

Essentially, not only is Obama now losing support from the women, but, he can’t even get his own black voter base locked in!  Do you think it might also have something to do with the fact that when you get down to the core values of black voters - they are actually more central to conservative leaning than they are liberal?  Everyone is now beginning to see who Obama really is - and those who voted for him early on in the primary are now upset with themselves for voting for him, even the black voters.

All I can say is - mheh!

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Sep 18 2008

The Obama Man Can!

Published by BobO under politics Edit This

Found this most awesome video from over at The Schnitt Show website.  This is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen or heard!

 

The only drawback to watching this video is that the theme gets stuck in your head! You’ll be humming this thing ALL DAMNED DAY Long!

And - on another note - looks like McCain grew himself a pair today! Considering the economic turmoil we find ourselves in right now - that idiot Biden was talking about raising taxes and that paying more taxes is patriotic! What a bunch of bullshit! Well - McCain came straight out and said, I quote, “…that’s just dumb.” It’s about time a politician came out and just laid it straight without any of the ducking and dodging. We need more politicians who will speak their mind. While McCain is the furthest thing from Ronald Reagan - his comments today was very reminiscent of the man.

Way to call it like it is Johnny!  Now, the next thing you need to do is get back on that horse you were on in 2004 when you were demanding oversight of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.  You need to get out there and DEMAND an investigation to that clusterf@!$  Considering that Obama’s two main economic advisors are the ex-CEO of Freddie Mac - I guarantee there will be a huge shake-up in Congress.  Barney Franks and Chris Dodds are the main recipients of large contributions from Freddie and Fannie.  Fannie and Freddie are the Golden Parachutes of the Democratic party.  If you want to find some serious corruption in D.C. - you’ll find it there.  If you want change and reform Johnny…start there!  After you’re done there - demand a repeal of the Community Reinvestment Act - that stupid thing is directly responsible for the mortgage crisis and the financial problems in our global financial markets right now.

McCain Palin For U.S.

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Sep 17 2008

The Dems are now suffering from Palin Derangement Syndrome!

Published by BobO under politics Edit This

First - before I get in to that - I wanted to announce that I’ve been given two more awards from The Natural State Hawg !

 

Thanks, Dude!  We get to pick which one’s we want!  LOL.  I already have the Kick Ass Blogger and the Weblog awards - so - I’m going to pick up the Brainy Blog Award and the I Love Your Blog awards.  I’ll post those up later.

 

Now - for the title of this post!  I want to thank First Door on the Left for giving me this brilliant idea for a post!  He commented in one of his previous rants against McCain and Palin that he came across another post talking about PDS - I wonder why he didn’t actually provide the link to it?  So - I got to thinking about the huge smear campaign that the Dems, those really whacked out lefties, and the biased main stream media are attempting to perpetrate against Palin.  It seems that no matter what evidence is provided proving their smears to the contrary - it just isn’t enough.  We already know they suffer from Bush Derangement Syndrome which is categorized under the DSM-IV as:

 

An individual who suffers from an intense hatred of President George W. Bush that it leads the individual into combinations of deep manic depressive states culminating in near psychotic and episodic breaks in reality.  Such individuals who suffer from Bush Derangement Syndrome will refuse to participate in any reasonable arguments that may contradict an inate, unsubstantiated, personal belief regarding any issue presented before him.  It is said that BDS first presented itself after President George W. Bush defeated Vice President Al Gore in a fair presidential election in the year 2000.  There were only a handful of individuals who actually presented with such symptoms over the next four years.  However, after soundly defeating Senator John F. Kerry in the 2004 elections, a large majority of the population who identify themselves as being Democrats adopted a lunatic fringe stance against anything that could be related to President George W. Bush, and went so far as to associate totally unrelated issues and circumstances with the President.  The professional opinion is that Bush Derangement Syndrome will only be cured after January 2009 when President Bush leaves office.

Okay - given this - it appears that this lunatic fringe is not done!  Now that McCain/Palin have taken a COMMANDING lead in all of the polls and there is a real fear that the Obamessiah WILL be dethroned, they are already setting their sites on Palin.  The same psychotic and unreasonable symptoms of BDS are now clearly present as it relates to anything that is Sarah Palin.  I am sorry to say, BDS is migrating to PDS.  Personally, I think the only way to eradicate these derangement syndromes is to just ship the whole lot of them over to (pick your favorite socialist/communist country).  They won’t be happy until we are all living in the United Socialist States of America!

McCain Palin For U.S.

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